Gleeking came up in a book I just finished reading. It was set in the 1580's, and there are two definitions for the word, one modern, one archaic.
I presume the archaic definition was the one the author intended for the book, and it is "joking" or "gibing", which fit the context of the passage in the book.
The modern meaning is considerably different, although still akin to the 1600's version. I'll let you google it. I was quite amazed there was a specific word to cover this bodily action.
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